XL Middleton – G-Funk Vibes

Perfect summer listening – XL Middleton‘s classic 90s G-Funk mix.

Given the CPT resurgence of recent times (uh, we hear there’s a new movie or something coming soon) perhaps it’s only right that G-Funk as a subgenre of ’90s gangsta rap enjoys its own revival. Or at least enjoys some historical context as the musical bridge between P-Funk-inspired Uncle Jamm’s Army beats and the modern funk movement as represented by the likes of Dam-Funk (himself a former G-Funk era hip-hop studio musician).

Southern CA funkster XL Middleton attempts to do just that with G-Funk Vibes the first in what’s apparently a forthcoming series of limited edition mixes devoted to the likes of Black 9, Mass 187 and other lost soldiers of the G-Funk era. Buy it on cassette (of course!), here.